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This idea sounds excellent and definitely some outside of the box thinking! However, if I had a team that I really work great with and trust, I'd probably do a

This idea sounds excellent and definitely some outside of the box thinking! However, if I had a team that I really work great with and trust, I'd probably do a startup instead with said team. That's just me though. I think this concept might attract fresh grads more and could be integrated into a BYOT internship program.

jonwachob91 11y ago
Not all engineers want to be entrepreneurs ;)
- enjo 11y ago
  I for one am a big fan of getting paid. "Doing a startup" is no trivial task. Just getting the funding in place to provide enough money to pay everyones bills is more than almost any "startup" ever achieves. This might be an interesting way to ensure that I work with people I'm inspired by. I dig what they're doing.
  - overcast 11y ago
    You can "do a startup" while working at an existing company. People do it all the time working nights and weekends on a project.
    - snuxoll 11y ago
      Not so easy once you have a family, I barely have time to mess with new tools in my home lab, working a second job just sounds taxing (the only reason I even have an LLC is legal shielding for the odd repair / small business IT job I have on the side).
      - overcast 11y ago
        People with families create things all the time. Not an excuse.
    - jonwachob91 11y ago
      You can also "start a family" while working for an existing company. People so it all the time on nights and weekends. See what I did there? Starting a company isn't the most important thing in the world, especially when you aren't doing anything innovation and when you are just doing it because. Believe it or not, just cause you call your startup "Uber of X" doesn't mean it's innovative and doesn't mean you need to spend time building it.
lazaroclapp 11y ago
And after you do a startup with said team, this provides you a way of keeping the team even if the startup ultimately fails for non-team related reasons.
tedmiston 11y ago
Fresh grads creating a startup before they've worked at one, or been closely mentored by another founder, leads to repeating a lot of unnecessary founder mistakes. I think it's far better to be an early to mid-stage startup employee out of school vs. start a company directly. It's also really nice to be able to focus on things like just product or code vs. how to make the business successful, customers, legal, BD, etc.

jonwachob91 11y ago

Not all engineers want to be entrepreneurs ;)

enjo 11y ago
I for one am a big fan of getting paid. "Doing a startup" is no trivial task. Just getting the funding in place to provide enough money to pay everyones bills is more than almost any "startup" ever achieves. This might be an interesting way to ensure that I work with people I'm inspired by. I dig what they're doing.
- overcast 11y ago
  You can "do a startup" while working at an existing company. People do it all the time working nights and weekends on a project.
  - snuxoll 11y ago
    Not so easy once you have a family, I barely have time to mess with new tools in my home lab, working a second job just sounds taxing (the only reason I even have an LLC is legal shielding for the odd repair / small business IT job I have on the side).
    - overcast 11y ago
      People with families create things all the time. Not an excuse.
  - jonwachob91 11y ago
    You can also "start a family" while working for an existing company. People so it all the time on nights and weekends. See what I did there? Starting a company isn't the most important thing in the world, especially when you aren't doing anything innovation and when you are just doing it because. Believe it or not, just cause you call your startup "Uber of X" doesn't mean it's innovative and doesn't mean you need to spend time building it.

lazaroclapp 11y ago

And after you do a startup with said team, this provides you a way of keeping the team even if the startup ultimately fails for non-team related reasons.

tedmiston 11y ago

Fresh grads creating a startup before they've worked at one, or been closely mentored by another founder, leads to repeating a lot of unnecessary founder mistakes. I think it's far better to be an early to mid-stage startup employee out of school vs. start a company directly. It's also really nice to be able to focus on things like just product or code vs. how to make the business successful, customers, legal, BD, etc.